Procedural Analysis (E)

Creating an Edmodo account

1. Open a web browser and navigate to www.edmodo.com

2. Choose “I'm a Teacher” from the choices given on the screen.

3. Fill in information needed by Edmodo and choose “Sign up” after complete of form

- memorable student friendly username

- an accurate email account address

- basic personal information

Completion – learner will be taken to their newly created Edmodo home page

Problem – Error messages will appear on form asking for information to be corrected before allowing the user to move forward

The Learner will apply their personal information to the “teacher” choice in Edmodo to create an account.

Instruct students in creating an Edmodo account

1. Learner should create a group by choosing the“create”option in the groups section on the left of the screen.

2. Obtain group code by clicking on the group name. The “Group Code” will appear on the right of the screen in a dark blue box. Write this code down.

3. Instruct students to open web browser and navigate to www.edmodo.com

4. Instruct students to choose “I'm a Student” choice.

5. Using the group code for your group, students should fill in their personal information and choose “sign up” when done.

- how to find group code information used to link students to their instructors account

- how to effectively express to students how to navigate web browser, if necessary

Completion –

1. Once a group has been successfully created, the group name chosen will appear in the “Groups” section on left of page.

2. Screen orientation will change from personal home page to your group home page

3. New students will begin appearing on Learners page

Problem –

1. Students will not appear in the created group

2. Error messages will appear on form asking for information to be corrected before allowing the user to move forward

The Learner will be able to create a group.

The Learner will be able to locate the group code for student use.

The Learner will be able to instruct students how to add themselves to Edmodo and link to their account.

Instruct parents in creating and linking an Edmodo account to a student

1. Learner should obtain student specific parent code for each student linked to their Edmodo account by:

- selecting the group the Learner would like to obtain codes for

- on right of screen, choose “manage” located beside the Members section

- on right of screen, choose “Parent Code Spreadsheet”

- follow appropriate prompts for downloading and print spreadsheet for computer being used and provide appropriate code to parent of student

2. Learner should instruct parents to open a web browser and navigate to www.edmodo.com

3. Learner should instruct parents to choose “Parent Sign Up” option shown on webpage.

4. Learner should instruct parent to fill in form with their personal information and choose “sign up” when done.

- how to obtain parent codes

- how to effectively express to parents how to navigate web browser, if necessary

- ability to format column width in an Excel spreadsheet

Completion –

1. Parent should be able to communicate to learner that an account has been created

2. Learner should be able to easily read Parent Code Spreadsheet

Problem --

1. Unable to read entire student name or parent code on Parent Code Spreadsheet

2. Parent is unable to see link to student account

3. Parent is unable to create an Edmodo account

The Learner is able to print a readable version of the Parent Code Spreadsheet

The Learner will be able to instruct parents how to add themselves to Edmodo and link to their account to the appropriate student.

Posting Messages in Edmodo

1. From the Edmodo Home page, the Learner should locate the “Post” section found at the top of the page.

2. Learner should then decide what type of message they would like to post and click on the icon associated with their choice

3. Learner should then fill in the information asked for depending on the type of posting chosen

4. Learner should chose which group(s) to send the posting to by typing the group name in the “Send to...”area that will appear

- how to log in to Edmodo

- how to navigate to Edmodo home page

Completion –

1. posting will appear below with appropriate group designation

2. Appropriate students/ parents/ teachers will be able to access posting

Problem –

1. unintended group will appear with posting

2. unintended students/ parents/ teachers will be able to access posting

The Learner will be able to create a post to their intended audience.

Creating and sending assignments to Groups using Edmodo

1. From the Edmodo Home page, Learner should locate the Assignment text link on the left side of the window.

2. Give the assignment a name and description.

3. Assign a due date for the assignment to be finished and turned in.

4. Click the File button to open the File Upload window.

4. Locate the assignment.

5. Designate the Group to send the assignment to.

6. Click the Send button to send the Assignment to the designated Group.

-where the assignment is located.

-how to locate assignment

-how to upload documents

-if computers have appropriate software to open assignment

Completion -- Assignment will be uploaded for students to access.

Problem --

1. Assignment will not upload correctly.

2. Students will not be able to open the uploaded assignment.

The Learner will be able to create and upload an assignment for a Group or Groups of students in Edmodo.

Add events/ assignments to Edmodo calendar

1. From the Edmodo home page, Learner should locate the Calendar text link at the top of their Edmodo account page.

2. Choose the correct month and year for event from the month and year drop-down boxes.

2. Choose a date for an event.

3. Learner will describe the event and select groups to send event to.

4. Event will be created after all information is entered and submitted.

-which Group the student is in so they can locate events for that Group.

-where to locate the Calendar text button.

Completion -- Event will be placed on the Calendar in Edmodo.

Problem --

Event is sent to wrong Group.

The Learner will be able to create a calendar event for Group viewing in Edmodo.